22/09/1943
O sargento Joe Gunn e sua tripulação de tanque acolhem cinco soldados britânicos, um francês e um sudanês com um prisioneiro italiano, e cruzam o deserto da Líbia para voltar ao comando após a queda de Tobruk. Tambul, o sudanês leva-os a uma fortaleza abandonada no deserto onde eles esperam encontrar água. Logo um destacamento de soldados alemães chega e tenta barganhar comida por água, mas Gunn e sua turma recusam. Quando os alemães atacam, Gunn leva seus homens cansados do deserto em uma batalha desesperada, esperando que os reforços britânicos possam chegar a tempo.
Humphrey Bogart
as Sgt. Joe Gunn
Bruce Bennett
as Waco Hoyt
J. Carrol Naish
as Giuseppe
Lloyd Bridges
as Fred Clarkson
Rex Ingram
as Sgt. Maj. Tambul
Richard Aherne
as Capt. Jason Halliday
Dan Duryea
as Jimmy Doyle
Carl Harbord
as Marty Williams
Patrick O'Moore
as Osmond 'Ozzie' Bates
Louis Mercier
as Jean Leroux - 'Frenchie'
Guy Kingsford
as Peter Stegman
Kurt Kreuger
as Capt. von Schletow
John Wengraf
as Maj. von Falken
Louis Adlon
as Soldier (uncredited)
Niels Bagge
as German Private (uncredited)
Walter Bonn
as Soldier (uncredited)
Frederic Brunn
as German Private (uncredited)
Leslie Denison
as British Soldier (uncredited)
Michael Dyne
as British Soldier (uncredited)
Carl Ekberg
as Sniper (uncredited)
Jack Gardner
as British Soldier (uncredited)
Leyland Hodgson
as British Officer (uncredited)
Frank Lackteen
as Sheik Ali (uncredited)
Peter Lawford
as British Soldier (uncredited)
Nelson Leigh
as British Soldier (uncredited)
Anthony Marsh
as Soldier (uncredited)
John Meredith
as Soldier (uncredited)
George N. Neise
as British Sergeant (uncredited)
Otto Reichow
as German Captain (uncredited)
Henry Rowland
as Captured German Private (uncredited)
John Royce
as Soldier (uncredited)
Hans Schumm
as Sgt. Krause (uncredited)
Robert R. Stephenson
as German Soldier (uncredited)
Walter Thiele
as Sniper (uncredited)
Frederick Worlock
as Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
Vilmos Gyimes
as Sergeant (uncredited)
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